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- How should a rosary with lavender be designed?
- Lavender is a classic rose companion
- Claims of roses and lavender do not match
- Plant lavender in a bed of roses - That's how it works
- Tips
Roses and lavender are a beautiful couple
How should a rosary with lavender be designed?
Lavender comes from the Mediterranean and came in the Middle Ages across the Alps to northern Europe. Here, the pretty pink or purple flowering, strongly scented plant has quickly established, so it was preferably planted together with roses in monastery gardens - by the way, like other Mediterranean herbs, which u. a. Sage, oregano and thyme belong, too. However, this combination is not very straightforward.
Lavender is a classic rose companion
Lavender and roses have been around for centuries and there is a good reason for this: The herb's intensively scented essential oils reliably keep aphids and other vermin away from the otherwise susceptible roses. In addition, the evergreen lavender ensures that a rosary is not too bald even at the end of the flowering period. Instead, the two flowering plants enter a perfect blend and let the flowerbed shine in terms of color. Lavender is especially beautiful against white or pink flowering roses.
Claims of roses and lavender do not match
However, in this outwardly seemingly perfect combination, there is a not so small downside, because lavender and roses have very different demands, especially on the ground. Although both plants like the sun and need a lot of light, but unlike the nutrient-hungry roses, the Mediterranean lavender, which is used to lean soils, feels very well in nutrient-poor, sandy and dry soil. So if you were to plant roses and lavender together without paying attention to these specific preferences, the result would certainly not be as hoped for - quite the opposite, because in rose earth the lavender is quickly absorbed.
Plant lavender in a bed of roses - That's how it works
Fortunately, however, there are ways to harmoniously put the two seemingly incompatible plants in their respective preferences in one bed. For this you should plant the cushion-forming lavender plants on the bedding, the roses on the other hand at least 50 centimeters away in the middle. While in the middle of the bed nutrient-rich rose soil, well supplied with compost, is applied, you laxate the supply of the lavender with plenty of sand.
Tips
In addition, the bed should be designed so that the excess moisture from the roses - which eventually need a lot of water - does not run to the lavender, which in turn loves the dryness. So the soil should be well drained and the bed should not slope down to the edge.